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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 4, 2018, 1:31 AM EDT for Polk County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 4, 2018, 1:31 AM EDT (05:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2018, 2:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Wind
- 40
County Polk County, GA
The radar
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NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 3, 2:59 PM EDT, 10 hours 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 2:59 PM EDT, 10 hours 32 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 301 PM EDT Tue Jul 3 2018 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-041915- Baldwin-Banks-Barrow-Bartow-Bibb-Bleckley-Butts-Carroll-Catoosa- Chattahoochee-Chattooga-Cherokee-Clarke-Clayton-Cobb-Coweta- Crawford-Crisp-Dade-Dawson-DeKalb-Dodge-Dooly-Douglas-Emanuel- Fannin-Fayette-Floyd-Forsyth-Gilmer-Glascock-Gordon-Greene- Gwinnett-Hall-Hancock-Haralson-Harris-Heard-Henry-Houston-Jackson- Jasper-Jefferson-Johnson-Jones-Lamar-Laurens-Lumpkin-Macon- Madison-Marion-Meriwether-Monroe-Montgomery-Morgan-Murray- Muscogee-Newton-North Fulton-Oconee-Oglethorpe-Paulding-Peach- Pickens-Pike-Polk-Pulaski-Putnam-Rockdale-Schley-South Fulton- Spalding-Stewart-Sumter-Talbot-Taliaferro-Taylor-Telfair-Toombs- Towns-Treutlen-Troup-Twiggs-Union-Upson-Walker-Walton-Warren- Washington-Webster-Wheeler-White-Whitfield-Wilcox-Wilkes- Wilkinson- 301 PM EDT Tue Jul 3 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North and Central Georgia. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight... Scattered thunderstorms are expected this afternoon and into tonight... especially across central and eastern Georgia. A few storms could be strong to severe with strong gusty winds, frequent lightning and locally heavy rain. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday... There is a chance of thunderstorms each day, however the best chance of thunderstorms will be Friday and Saturday as a cold front moves into Georgia. While a strong to possibly severe thunderstorm is possible each day, the best chance for strong to severe storms will be Friday and Saturday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.
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Special weather statement, Jul 3, 7:32 PM EDT, 5 hours 59 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 3, 8:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 48 min |
| Jul 3, 9:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison | 52 min |
| Jul 3, 9:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart, Webster | 46 min |
| Jul 3, 9:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee | 49 min |
| Jul 3, 9:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Stewart, Webster | 53 min |
| Jul 3, 11:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Talbot | 52 min |
| Jul 3, 11:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Schley | 49 min |
| Jul 3, 11:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 43 min |
| Jul 4, 1:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Gordon | 42 min |
| Jul 4, 1:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Polk | 35 min |
| Jul 4, 2:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon | 44 min |
| Jul 4, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson, Paulding | 30 min |
| Jul 4, 5:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walker | 30 min |
| Jul 4, 6:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 27 min |
| Jul 4, 7:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker, Whitfield | 27 min |
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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.